Primera División (Uruguay) 1979

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Primera División 1979
master Club Atlético Peñarol
Relegated Liverpool FC
Teams 13
Games 156
Gates 367  (ø 2.35 per game)
Top scorer Waldemar Victorino ( Nacional Montevideo )
← Primera División (Uruguay) 1978

The 1979 season of the Primera División was the 76th season (the 48th of the professional era) of the Uruguayan top division in men's football , the Primera División .

The Primera División consisted in the championship season of 1979 from 13 clubs, whose teams met twice in a total of 156 championship games played from May to mid-December of the year. There were 367 goals. The championship won the Club Atlético Peñarol as first table in front of Nacional Montevideo and Centro Atlético Fénix as second and third in the season final table . The Liverpool FC had in the Segunda División descend. Nacional and Club Atlético Defensor qualified for the 1980 Copa Libertadores .

Waldemar Victorino from Nacional Montevideo was the top scorer with 19 goals .

Annual table

rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
01. Club Atlético Peñarol (M) 24 19th 03 02 47:12 41
02. Nacional Montevideo 24 17th 04th 03 53:18 38
03. Centro Atlético Fénix 24 10 07th 07th 23:18 27
04th Club Atlético Defensor 24 09 08th 07th 30:26 26th
05. River Plate (N) 24 08th 09 07th 25:30 25th
06th Huracan Buceo 24 08th 06th 10 23:23 22nd
07th Montevideo Wanderers 24 07th 08th 09 26:28 22nd
08th. Bella Vista 24 06th 09 09 33:37 21st
09. South America 24 07th 06th 11 28:39 20th
10. Club Atlético Cerro 24 06th 07th 11 24:35 19th
11. Danubio FC 24 04th 09 11 20:28 17th
12. Liverpool FC 24 05 07th 12 19:37 17th
13. Club Atlético Rentistas 24 03 11 10 16:36 17th
(M) Champion of the previous season
(N) Promoted from the Segunda División

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marcos Silvera Antúnez : Club Atlético Peñarol - 120, Ediciones El Galeón, Montevideo 2011, p. 144 - ISBN 978-9974-553-79-8
  2. ↑ Uruguay - List of Final Tables 1900-2000 on rsssf.com, accessed October 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Uruguay - League Top Scorers on rsssf.com, accessed October 28, 2016